NGC 7715
NGC 7715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7715 as it looked roughly 128 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7714Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7750Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7716Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7750Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral13 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).